bad co

This E class coupe is based off of the W204 C

bitkahuna

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great review/comparison henry. thanks for sharing.

rominl

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thanks for the kind words guys

yeah they already have the ebay aftermarket taillights, that's not a problem and great since it won't throw a codes on dash.

for the headlights there aren't aftermarket yet, they said it's probably coming out in spring. but so far with the oem swap it's just major money

and my goodness, you guys are all evil!

BNR34

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Since you bought the car because it is a smoking deal, just enjoy it for what it is. It is not a car you love, why spend money on it? Save the money for your next hot car

BNR34

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I can't believe you just said that, Mr. Authentic!!! I am disappointed

What happened to all this that I 100% agreed with!?

- Do it once and do it right. Do your homework to get it right.
- If you can't afford it, drive the car stock.
- promoting knock-offs is shameful on a car enthusiast site, not to mention companies who make/sell knock-offs.
- it's authentic if it roots from the original company

rominl

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yup, that's kind of how i look at it. ls460l was the car i wanted, so i spent money on it like that. but now the s is a deal, so maybe i just drive it

of course, my kid(s) are keeping me very busy to even think about mods, hehe

rominl

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lol, i was talking about what's out there, didn't say that's what i'd go with

GS3Tek

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That was well written Henry.

I wrote something up earlier but deleted it just to be nice (or neutral)

Anyways, one of my biggest gripe is that huge damn middle hump (drive shaft) that lexus can't seem to figure out while mb got it right..

Well, at least upgrade the taillights. It's cheap and does make it more modern...mod mod mod j/k

BNR34

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I don't know, sounded like you looked at them and know what they are

I never look at what's fake and cheap is available for my cars.

I rather have old zenki lights then fake ebay lights.

You said it best and is how I live, if I don't feel like spending money on it, I just leave it alone

BNR34

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Nothing is perfect.

The only exception I might make is if clear amber lights are not available from the OEM, like the 2GS clear tail or UCF21 clear tail, and if the clear tail is available from really high quality vendor like Junction Produce. But even then, I would still somewhat rather have the lamer OEM lights.

BNR34

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Yeah if you spend money on it, then the point of it being a deal is lost. And I would think it might even cost the same if you just trade it for an OEM AMG Sport package car that got everything.

Just save the money for the F10 M, that thing is sooo tasty

rominl

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lol i think i need to start distant myself from you

i do want to slow down a bit. we want to get another house, that should be the main priority and then make sure funds enough for kids for college, then it's "fun" time again

hahaha, i actually read everything, even on knock offs. it's just learning process. whether i do it or not that's a different question.

plus if i look at it close enough, if a company copy a design but improve on it, then it's not entirely knock off anymore. knock off to me is pure copy. for example like you said, lexus copied the w140 into ls430 but improved it so much. for the taillights, the ebay one actually lights up all rows when you brake, the oem just bottom row which is "dimmer". and of course it takes care of the error code issue, something people had a lot of trouble with.

rumor is that with the aftermarket headlights, it might have some different led setup from the oem and also the lens might be different, on top of the omission of need of new SAM module. if there are improvements, well, i am probably ok with it

thanks chris, i just try to point out the goods and bads. i don't feel emotionally attached to either of the car now so hopefully that gives a better objective view

yes, on all lexus the middle hump is quite a killer. the s550 one is smaller but still some size, i guess that's as good as you can get. but the middle seat in the rear of lexus cars, that's definitely one funny spot. it's like that in both my gs350 and ls460l

GS3Tek

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Start now. YOu only got 18 years to go

yes you were very objective and unbias.

now that you said it, a regular MB ( to me) is not "all that" until you get into the AMG territory

BNR34

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Distant from me? I am the frugal humble one driving very old LS/SC430, who is the one joyriding in LP670 / Phantom hanging out with Sir-Mix and drive a S-Class? I am good influence I would tell you to go buy a Camry Hybrid

Yes house and kids is of course the main priority You can't drive a house though

Yes it is good to know everything. I do look at them initially too, but after a while I realized they are all crap so I stop looking.

I understand what you mean. It is nice if they make it cooler in design, but I focus mostly on quality, almost none of those aftermarket stuff have remotely close to the quality of OEM. I don't care for anything with low quality.

You know how perverted the Japanese are, that rear middle seat is made that way intentionally............for a girl in mini.............

BNR34

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Yes he is, that's why I like him.

I feel the same way, like minds think alike. I even feel some low end AMGs aren't "all that", C63, SLK55......etc. C63 Black Series is good though